Necktie holder



D66. 3, 1935. N ASHWORTH 2,023,299

7 NECKTIE HOLDER Filed May 29, 1934 Patented Dec. 3, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE NECKTIE HOLDER 7 Fred N. Ashworth, Somerville, Mass. Application May 29, 1934, Serial No. 728,098

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a necktie holder and has for its object to provide a holder which may be detachably secured to the uppermost button of a shirt and utilized as a means for effectively holding a necktie correctly positioned with respect to the collar of said shirt and in front of said button.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a device which may be attached with equal effectiveness to either a shirt button or a collar button and utilized to penetrate a necktie in a manner to correctly position the tie and also prevent the tie from loosening while in use.

The invention consists in a necktie holder as set forth in the following specification and particularly as pointed out in the claims thereof.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 represents a front elevation of the upper portion of a collar attached shirt including the uppermost button which may beeither a shirt button or a collar button, a necktie holder embodying my invention being illustrated attached to the button.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the necktie holder attached to a shirt button.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the necktie holder attached to a collar button.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the necktie holder.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a modified embodiment of the invention.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

In the drawing, 6 represents the upper front portion of a shirt, 1 represents a collar for said shirt, preferably permanently attached thereto, and 8 is the uppermost shirt button.

A necktie holder 9 of my invention is constructed as a resilient member of a single piece of wire and embodies therein similar side portions including vertical backing portions lfil adapted to rest against the back of the button 8, upper forwardly projecting arcuate portions H adapted to engage the edge of a button and connected together by an arcuate front portion 12 adapted to project downwardly in front of the button, arcuate portions I3 formed at the bottom of the vertical portions and also adapted to engage the edge of the button and upwardly and forwardly projecting spurs M which are adapted to penetrate the fabric of a necktie which is secured in a wellknown manner to the shirt 6 beneath the collar l and in front of the button 8.

The entire structure of the device is resilient and in particular the arcuate portion I2 permits the vertical portions ID to be sprung on to the button 8 and when in position on the button the device will embrace the button and the arcuate portions II and I3 will effectively 5 grip the edge portions of the button. The spurs l4 project forwardly a sufficient amount to permit these spurs to penetrate the necktie a sufficient amount to hold the tie in position with respect to the collar I and in front of the but- 10 ton 8.

After a necktie, particularly a four-in-hand tie, has been attached to the shirt and the knot has been formed, after the knot has been slid upwardly into its correct position with respect 15 to the collar, if there is a tendency for the knot to sag or slip the spurs M of this device will penetrate the tie and effectively prevent said knot from becoming thus disarranged. At the same time the spurs 14 will also effectively pre- 20 vent a sideways movement of the tie in front of the button. In removing the necktie from the shirt all that is required is a slight upward movement of the necktie to release the latter from the spurs, after which the necktie may be 25 untied in the usual manner.

Although the device of this invention is particularly adapted for use with collar attached shirts having an upper button 8 which is permanently attached to the shirt, the device may be 30 used with equal effectiveness upon collar buttons that are provided for shirts having detached collars and in Fig. 3 the device of this invention is illustrated applied to the head portion l5 of a collar button N5 of well-known form, said device 35 embracing the head portion of the collar button in exactly the same manner as it embraces an ordinary shirt button.

In Fig. 5 I have illustrated a modified embodiment of my invention which includes the verti- 4 cal side portions l0, upper arcuate portions H and connecting arcuate portion I2. At the bot tom of this device, however, the arcuate portions I3 are extended upwardly at H approximately parallel to the portions l0 and these portions I1 45 terminate in forwardly projecting spurs I8 of suificient length to effectively penetrate and position a necktie in front of a button to which the device is attached.

I claim:

1. A necktie holder of the character described comprising a resilient unitary member embodying therein parallel upper arcuate portions both of which are adapted to yieldingly embrace the edge of a button, said arcuate portions being con- 55 nected one to another by a single bowed portion adapted to yieldingly grip the front of the button, and lower arcuate portions adapted to spring toward each other into gripping engagement with the edge of the button and terminating in spurs adapted to penetrate and position a necktie and prevent the knot thereof from slipping.

2. A necktie holder of the character described comprising a resilient member constructed of a single piece of wire and embodying therein upper and lower pairs of parallel arcuate portions each adapted to yieldingly embrace the edge of a button, the uppermost pair of said arcuate portions being directly connected one to another by a single downwardly bowed portion adapted to yieldingly grip the front of the button, and the lowermost pair of arcuate portions being adapted to spring toward each other into gripping engagement with the edge of the button and terminating in spurs adapted to penetrate and position a necktie and prevent the latter from becoming disarranged.

3. A necktie holder of the character described comprising a resilient member embodying therein straight backing portions adapted to rest against the back of a button, and upper and lower pairs of parallel arcuate portions adapted to yieldingly embrace the edge of the button at approximately diagonally opposite points thereon, the uppermost pair of said arcuate portions being directly connected one to. another by a single downwardly bowed portion adapted to grip the front of the button between the upper arcuate portions, and the lowermost pair of arcuate portions being adapted to spring toward each other into yieldingly gripping engagement with the edge of the button and terminating in spurs adapted to penetrate a necktie and position the latter with respect to the button.

FRED N. ASHWORTH. 

